I see. I also forgot to mention that in this room there's a cathedral ceiling, so if I had a ceiling fan it would be hanging pretty low and the recessed lights would still be all the way up in the cathedral ceiling, so it's not like i can easily isolate the fan away from the recessed lights. I wonder if I should either forego the ceiling fan, or use the lights from the ceiling fan as the primary overhead light and then use wall sconces instead of overhead recessed lighting to fill in any additional lighting requirements for the room... As you may be able to tell I'm not a lighting expert and I'm guessing it's showing through pretty clearly from my questions.

Do you need the fan . I certainly would not do a fan with a light kit . I would just hang a hreat light fixture and forget the fan

because it's a new construction it's hard to tell whether these fans will be nice to have or not. it's going to be a super insulated house with an HRV that will be circulating air, but the HRV air circulation fans are giving me air flow on the order of a bathroom fan, they aren't moving tremendous amounts of air. The heating and cooling is coming from a pair of ductless minisplits which are going to give me point source heat and cooling. It's for this reason that I'm considering putting in ceiling fans to ensure that the temperatures get sufficiently distributed within the main chamber of the house.

What does your architect or interior designer say? Either should be willing to do a complete lighting plan for you. It’s not very DIY friendly to attempt this yourself unless you have a lot more time to study lighting. Vaulted ceilings are always Problems with lighting. And Heating and Cooling. And sound control. And, and, and.

I think I would forget the fan, BUT since you are concerned it might be an issue maybe put a rough-in for one so that you can easily add one later on if you find you need it.

The architect will definitely weigh in on this soon and make the call, I just like being proactive in my own research so that I can have informed, quick discussions with the architect; they aren't cheap!